[capi-sig] python and fpos_t

[Adam Olsen]

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 2:25 AM, Dorian Krause <doriankrause at web.de> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I stumbled about a curious problem: Including <Python.h> changes the size of fpos_t.
>
> m01% cat fpos_python.cc
> #ifdef HAVE_PYTHON_H
> #include <Python.h>
> #endif /* HAVE_PYTHON_H */
> #include <stdio.h>
> int main(int argc, char** argv)
> {
>  printf("sizeof(fpos_t) = %d\n",sizeof(fpos_t));
> }
> m01% g++ -DHAVE_PYTHON_H -I/usr/include/python2.5 fpos_python.cc -lpython2.5 && ./a.out
> sizeof(fpos_t) = 16
> m01% g++ -I/usr/include/python2.5 fpos_python.cc -lpython2.5 && ./a.out
> sizeof(fpos_t) = 12
>
> This breaks my code if I do not include <Python.h> in ALL of my compilation modules (which is not pratical in my opinion).
>
> Is this a known problem? I personally would call this definitely a bug. What is the rational behind changing fpos_t?

Definitely a bug, but the question is why it happens.  I don't see any
python headers redefining it.  It may be a bug in the system headers
that python is just provoking.

gcc's -save-temps may provide some diagnostics.  Also, try moving
#include <stdio.h> above Python.h.  I can't think of anything else at
the moment.


-- 
Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus